Purple cabbage now there are more people taking pictures in the supermarket, but few people buy it.

Purple eggplant, purple kale and purple sweet potatoes are the vegetables that people often eat, but have you ever eaten purple cauliflower and cabbage? Yesterday, the reporter saw in the vegetable section of the ocean store of Carrefour supermarket that a variety of purple vegetables, including cauliflower and cabbage, had been quietly put on the shelves. At a glance, they added a lot of color to the red and green vegetable area. The reporter learned that these purple vegetables have just been airlifted from Yunnan and other places, and they look novel, and the "price" is several times more expensive than ordinary cabbage and cauliflower, with a price of about 8 to 10 yuan per plant.

Purple vegetables are all from other places.

"I've seen white cauliflower and green broccoli, but this is the first time I've seen purple cauliflower!" Yesterday afternoon, the four members of Ms. Li's family were looking around a shelf and looked forward to see that it was purple cauliflower that had just appeared on the market. Because they had never seen it before, Ms. Li's two sons seemed to have discovered the new world, holding a box of packaged cauliflower in both hands, looking left and right, reluctant to put it down.

"look, there are purple cabbages here!" The sharp-eyed little son soon found the "new prey" on the same shelf, but because he was not tall enough, he had to lie down next to the shelf and tiptoe to get it. Curious Ms. Li also took out her mobile phone from her bag, took pictures and searched the Internet for information about these vegetables. As a result, she found some useful information.

According to data, purple cauliflower originated in the Mediterranean coast of Europe and belongs to a variety of cauliflower. It was successfully planted by farmer Ni Qingkun in 2009. This purple cabbage, known as Violet, is said to contain several times as many nutrients as other Chinese cabbages and is rich in anthocyanins and carotene, making it more suitable for raw food in addition to cooking. Yao Weiqiang, the inventor of Violet, once appeared on CCTV and became the first person to grow purple cabbage because he filled the gap in the field of planting color cabbage in China.

The reporter visited a number of local supermarkets and vegetable markets and found that, in addition to Carrefour Ocean Store, only Li and blt supermarkets sell the above two products, of which purple cauliflower is 15.8 yuan per jin, producing area is Kunming, and "Violet" cabbage is 12.9 yuan per jin, producing area is Qingdao. Carrefour Ocean Store sells plants and boxes, both of which are priced between 7.9 yuan and 9.9 yuan, and the origin is also from Yunnan.

Citizens are worried that colored vegetables are harmful to their health.

Laver vegetables look novel and are supposed to be popular with the public, but the two purple vegetables went on sale on Monday, but sales are not optimistic, according to Carrefour Ocean Store staff. "this dish was placed here two days ago, and today it has hardly been sold. Many people are greedy for freshness, so they take pictures and leave." The salesman shook his head and said.

Mr. Feng, who is shopping for vegetables in the supermarket, said that he likes to buy some colored vegetables for his family as cooking ingredients from time to time. "it is mainly because of the high nutritional value, and for the children at home, they prefer this novel thing and are interested in buying a fresh one." Mr. Feng said.

There are also citizens who hold a wait-and-see attitude towards colored vegetables. "on the one hand, it is because of the high price, on the other hand, it is also worried about the safety of these new varieties. For example, whether it is dyed or genetically modified, I don't understand. " Aunt Zhou, a citizen, said.

In the face of questions from the public, relevant experts said that although there are more and more kinds of colored vegetables, most of them use cross breeding or artificial post-processing technology, not genetically modified. As for purple, it is actually the color shown by anthocyanins, which is a strong antioxidant with the effect of resisting skin aging and improving human immunity. Experts suggest that in the face of a wide variety of colored vegetables on the market, consumers can have a selective taste. However, the gap between nutrients and ordinary vegetables is not too big, and the health effect on the human body is not as obvious as imagined. It is suggested that consumers treat colored vegetables rationally and do not blindly believe in the edible effect advertised by merchants. (Zhongshan Business Daily)